{"id":128937,"date":"2024-11-22T22:09:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128937"},"modified":"2024-11-22T22:09:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:09:49","slug":"alabama-man-shook-and-gasped-in-final-moments-of-nitrogen-gas-execution-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128937","title":{"rendered":"Alabama man shook and gasped in final moments of nitrogen gas execution | Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/alabama\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Alabama<\/a> man convicted in the 1994 killing of a hitchhiker cursed at the prison warden and made obscene gestures shortly before he was put to death on Thursday evening in the nation\u2019s third execution using nitrogen gas \u2013 as the daughter of his victim spoke out against capital punishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Carey Dale Grayson, 50, was executed at the William Holman correctional facility in southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/alabama\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Alabama<\/a>. He was one of four teenagers convicted of killing Vickie DeBlieux, 37, as she hitchhiked through the state on the way to her mother\u2019s home in Louisiana. The woman was attacked, beaten and thrown off a cliff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The curtains to the execution room were opened shortly after 6pm ET as the capital punishment case came to conclusion with the controversial, recently adopted US option for putting people to death via nitrogen suffocation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"720d424e-5903-4419-ab22-e84554c62a6a\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Alabama executes third man this year with controversial nitrogen gas&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;720d424e-5903-4419-ab22-e84554c62a6a&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/21\/alabama-nitrogen-gas-execution-carey-dale-grayson&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Strapped to a gurney with a gas mask on his face, Grayson responded with an obscenity when the warden asked if he had any final words. Prison officials turned off the microphone and any subsequent words could not he heard in the witness room, while Grayson raised both middle fingers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">It was unclear when the gas began flowing. Grayson rocked his head, shook and pulled against the gurney restraints. He clenched his fist and appeared to struggle to try to gesture again. His sheet-wrapped legs lifted off the gurney into the air at 6.14pm, the Associated Press reported. He took a periodic series of more than a dozen gasping breaths for several minutes. He appeared to stop breathing at 6.21pm, and then the curtains to the viewing room were closed at 6.27pm, with Grayson pronounced dead at 6.33pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The execution marked the third time Alabama had killed someone with nitrogen gas. Alabama is the only state to use the method, which involves pumping nitrogen through a mask and depriving someone of oxygen. It has been banned by veterinarians for use on most mammals across Europe and the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe only lesson from this grim sequence of events is that when states use human beings as guinea pigs for lethal experiments, they are bound to suffer, whether at the point of a needle or behind a mask,\u201d said Matt Wells, deputy director of the human rights group Reprieve US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The first two nitrogen executions conducted by the southern state did not proceed without controversy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/alabama\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Alabama<\/a> insisted that the first nitrogen killing in January of Kenneth Smith was \u201cperhaps the most humane method of execution ever devised\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">That claim conflicted with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/jan\/25\/alabama-executes-kenneth-smith-nitrogen-gas\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">eyewitness accounts<\/a>, which recorded that Smith writhed and convulsed on the gurney for several minutes, as his body shook and eyes rolled back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">John Hamm, Alabama corrections commissioner, said the nitrogen flowed for 15 minutes and an electrocardiogram showed Grayson no longer had a heartbeat about 10 minutes after the gas began flowing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hamm said he thought some of Grayson\u2019s initial movements \u2013 shaking and gasping on the gurney \u2013 were \u201call show\u201d but maintained that other movements exhibited by Grayson and the two others executed by nitrogen gas were expected involuntary movements, including the breathing at the end.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-12\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;today-us&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-12\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Grayson was part of a group of four teenagers who picked up Deblieux in 1994 as she was hitchhiking, then attacked and murdered her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Of the four, only Grayson, who was 19 at the time, went on to face execution. The other three co-defendants were 18, and had their death sentences set aside by the US supreme court as part of a prohibition of the death penalty for juveniles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The victim\u2019s daughter told reporters on Thursday night that her mother had her future stolen from her. But she also spoke out against the decision to execute Grayson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cMurdering inmates under the guise of justice needs to stop,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cno one should have the right to take a person\u2019s possibilities, days, and life,\u201d Jodi Haley, who was 12 when her mother was killed, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The execution was carried out hours after the US supreme court turned down Grayson\u2019s request for a stay. His lawyers argued the execution method causes \u201cconscious suffocation\u201d and that the first two nitrogen executions did not result in swift unconsciousness and death as the state had promised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/22\/alabama-nitrogen-gas-execution\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Alabama man convicted in the 1994 killing of a hitchhiker cursed at the prison warden and made obscene gestures shortly before he was put to death on Thursday evening &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128937\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}